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ECTNA General Assembly, April 20 th, 2006 Agenda ECTNA General Assembly, April 20 th, 2006 Agenda 1.Approval of minutes of the previous General Assembly 2.Annual report 3.Presentation of accounts for approval 4.Change of statutes and bylaws 5.TechnoTN project 6.EChemTest project 7.Eurobachelor/Euromaster projects 8.Any other business 9. Election of the Label Committee

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ECTNA General Assembly, April 20 th, 2006 Agenda ECTNA General Assembly, April 20 th, 2006 Agenda 1.Approval of minutes of the previous General Assembly 2.Annual report 3.Presentation of accounts for approval 4.Change of statutes and bylaws 5.TechnoTN project 6.EChemTest project 7.Eurobachelor/Euromaster projects 8.Any other business 9.Election of the Label Committee

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Tasks of the ECTN Association promotion of contacts and exchange between institutions and individuals at various levels; promotion of the mobility of staff and students; analysis and discussion of issues relevant to chemistry, especially in the field of education. Defining European standards (e.g.Eurobachelor). Development of computer-based EChemTests Participation in other projects (e.g. Techno TN) Sustainability (independence from EU funding)

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What has happened since Thessaloniki ? Meetings of the administration council 8 th October 2005 in Dortmund 14 th January 2006 in Brussels Progress in various projects (Eurobachelor, EChemTest) (reports are available, see also NewsLetter) Membership development Website improvement

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ECTN Association Membership ECTN Association Membership Close to 100 member institutions from > 25 countries New members since May 2005 University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) Universidad de Burgos (Spain) Dublin City University (Ireland) University of Kaunas (Lithuania) University of Sofia (Bulgaria) The Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Europa Fachhochschule Fresenius (Germany) St. Petersburg University (Russia) ASIIN (Germany) ECTNA is associated to EuCheMS

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ECTNA General Assembly, April 20 th, 2006 Change of statutes and bylaws ECTNA General Assembly, April 20 th, 2006 Change of statutes and bylaws Chapter 5. ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL Article 12 The body responsible for the general policy and the management of the Association shall be the Administrative Council. It shall be composed of the President, one Vice president and three (3) elected members, if the Association is composed of less than twenty (20) members, or five (5) elected members, if the Association is composed of twenty (20) or more members. Officials take or demit office immediately after the General Assembly at which they are elected or superseded. The Administrative Council will be elected for a maximum of two (2) years and its members, including the president and the vice-president, can only stay in office for three (3) full terms. Nominations for membership of the Administrative Council can be lodged until ten days before the day of the General Assembly. The decision to revoke a member shall be passed by a majority of two thirds of the votes of members present or represented.

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ECTNA General Assembly, April 20 th, 2006 Change of statutes and bylaws ECTNA General Assembly, April 20 th, 2006 Change of statutes and bylaws SECTION V – LABEL COMMITTEE The Label Committee is the Standing Committee of the ECTNA which deals with the Eurobachelor and Euromaster Labels. It consists of a Chairman, an Executive Secretary (non-voting) and eight ordinary members. The Chairman and Executive Secretary are nominated by the Administrative Council. The ordinary members are elected by the General Assembly according to guidelines established by the Administrative Council. In all cases nomination or election is initially for a period of two years. The Chairman can be confirmed in office by the Administrative Council for one further two-year period. The Executive Secretary can be confirmed in office by the Administrative Council for an unlimited number of further two year-periods. One half of the ordinary members must be replaced every two years by election on a rotation principle to be defined by the Administrative Council. The Executive Secretary is responsible for preparing applications for funding (for example under Calls for Proposals issued by the EU Commission). Members of the Label Committee are eligible for appointment as experts, for which payment may be made. Experts receiving payments should be appointed by the President after recommendation by the Executive Secretary.